Lots of residents of Niʻihau had been when staff members of Niʻihau Ranch, farming cattle and sheep until the Robinsons shut down the operation in 1999. It experienced not been lucrative for the vast majority of twentieth century.[citation needed] Honey cultivation[52] was also now not practical by 1999. , in https://niihau-boat-tour89000.ziblogs.com/34969836/who-owns-niihau-island-no-further-a-mystery